swaging tool

[chewi]

I seem to be the only person incompetent enough here to have loused up a StaLok. All worked very well when practicing at home with some scrap wire, but when I actually tried to do it for my new guardwires the fittings wouldn't screw up tight, and then jammed when unscrewing.

The difference may have been at home I carefully cut the wire with a hacksaw, whereas at the boat I just used the "emergency" wire choppers. This inevitably results in a crushed mangled end and I expect that's what caused the problems with the fittings.

I gave up and got the yard to fit swaged guardwires (which worked out cheaper than replacing the staloks I mangled).

On the plus side that means that you're welcome to one of the fittings I didn't use Dylan, let me know if you want it (StaLok eyes, 4mm 1x19).

Chances are you had a stray outer that got caught n the slot of the cone.

 

[dedwards]

Back to swaging tools, where can you get them from and for how much? Swaged terminals are a lot cheaper so it may be worth the expense of the tool.

 

[AngusMcDoon]

Back to swaging tools, where can you get them from and for how much? Swaged terminals are a lot cheaper so it may be worth the expense of the tool.

Nice set of dies for $2k. Doesn't include the press.

http://www.westmarine.com/buy/products/22556-die-kit-hydraulic-swaging-tool-set-of-7-dies.html

 

[dylanwinter]

I have mangaged to borrow one

Back to swaging tools, where can you get them from and for how much? Swaged terminals are a lot cheaper so it may be worth the expense of the tool.

You can get a swaging thingy for £60 - fairly crude affair

I have now had the side stays and the forestay without the end bit made up at Pinnel and Bax at Northampton

I have borrowed a giant pair of swaging presses - like pliers - from a local boat builder


However, PBO want to do a proper comparison on the two rigs on the same boat and they want to get David Thomas (hunter designer) to come for a sail with both rigs and see what he thinks

It will be really interesting to find out

Now Plastimo are considering offering us a second set of furling gear to save dismantling the set on the Bermudan

so the idea is to do a pic by pic feature and a film on how to fit roller reefing gear

So - is it easy to assemble RR without the end ring on the forestay?

or is it just as easy to do it with a complete forestay

all of a tizzy now

Dylan

 

[AngusMcDoon]

Now Plastimo are considering offering us a second set of furling gear

Is that the ex-Plastimo who have just gone pop?

 

[dylanwinter]

still trading

Is that the ex-Plastimo who have just gone pop?

As I understand it they are still trading normally in the UK

and I assume other companies will come in to take over the products

we still need sailing stuff

Dylan